The following pages present the substance of a course of twelve lectures
on "Democracy and Social Ethics" which have been delivered at various
colleges and university extension centres.

In putting them into the form of a book, no attempt has been made to
change the somewhat informal style used in speaking. The "we" and "us"
which originally referred to the speaker and her audience are merely
extended to possible readers.

Acknowledgment for permission to reprint is extended to _The Atlantic
Monthly_, _The International Journal of Ethics_, _The American Journal
of Sociology_, and to _The Commons_.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER I PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER II
CHARITABLE EFFORT 13

CHAPTER III
FILIAL RELATIONS 71

CHAPTER IV
HOUSEHOLD ADJUSTMENT 102